• 2 Samuel 21:2
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 2 So the king called the Gibʹe·on·ites+ and spoke to them. (Incidentally, the Gibʹe·on·ites were not Israelites but Amʹor·ites+ who remained, and the Israelites had sworn to spare them,+ but Saul sought to strike them down in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)

  • 2 Samuel 21:2
    The Bible in Living English

    • 2 And the king called the Gibeonites and said to them—and the Gibeonites were not sons of Israel, but part of the remnant of the Amorites, and the sons of Israel had taken an oath to them, but Saul had tried to kill them off in his jealousy for the sons of Israel and Judah—

  • 2 Samuel 21:2
    American Standard Version

    • 2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);

  • 2 Samuel 21:2
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 2 The king therefore called the Gibeonites and said unto them (now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites, with whom the sons of Israel had entered into an oath, and Saul had sought to smite them, in his jealousy for the sons of Israel and Judah)—

  • 2 Samuel 21:2
    King James Version

    • 2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)